Charles A. Schieren explains the cause for the poor election turnout. Schieren believes the future of the Republican Party is with young men, and therefore recommends Charles Francis Murphy and Frederick E. Gunnison for exalted positions within the party.

The Republican districts in Brooklyn made a very poor showing at the last elections. The patronage system of power may be causing Republicans to lose their districts. The central issue is the influence of patronage and how it's recognized by the leaders of the party in Brooklyn.

Lieutenant Governor Guild writes to President Roosevelt that the cause of depression in the cotton mill industry is child labor in the south. Guild urges Roosevelt to call for an executive investigation into child labor and warns that democratic congressional representatives are already planning ...

Secretary of State Root declines to participate in the Ohio campaign and notes that there seems to be an anti-Party machine movement in that state. Root cannot confirm the situation, but thinks that such a revolt is an essential part of the party system that is part of the foundation of governanc...

Jeter Connelly Pritchard believes that many people in the South are now ready to think freely and many may now join the Republican Party. He suggests talking with Senator McLaurin, who is leading a Republican movement.